Inventor · Chino Hills, CA, US

Alan Kramer

64Patents
22h-index
29Co-inventors
88Inventor score

Filing activity: May 19, 1992 → Aug 6, 2013

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6408087B1 Capacitive semiconductor user input device Physics 237 Expired
US5973623A Solid state capacitive switch Electricity 132 Expired
US6317508A Scanning capacitive semiconductor fingerprint detector Physics 129 Expired
US6512381B2 Enhanced fingerprint detection Physics 128 Expired
US6114862A Capacitive distance sensor Physics 104 Expired
US6011859A Solid state fingerprint sensor packaging apparatus and method Physics 91 Expired
US6580816B2 Scanning capacitive semiconductor fingerprint detector Physics 91 Expired
US6225711A Solid state capacitive switch Electricity 77 Expired
US6483931B2 Electrostatic discharge protection of a capacitve type fingerprint sensing array Physics 72 Expired
US6437583B1 Capacitive distance sensor Physics 64 Expired
US5264734A Difference calculating neural network utilizing switched capacitors Physics 48 Expired
US7768273B1 Electrostatic discharge protection of a capacitive type fingerprint sensing array Physics 48 Active
US6618084B1 Pixel correction system and method for CMOS imagers Electricity 44 Expired
US7239227B1 Command interface using fingerprint sensor input system Physics 37 Expired
US6044004A Memory integrated circuit for storing digital and analog data and method Physics 37 Expired
US5559463A Low power clock circuit Electricity 36 Expired
US6442286B1 High security flash memory and method Physics 36 Expired
US6839052B1 Two dimensional solid state capacitive sensor array Electricity 34 Expired
US5880993A Method and circuit for checking multilevel programming of floating-gate nonvolatile memory cells particularly flash cells Physics 31 Expired
US5982608A Semiconductor variable capacitor Electricity 30 Expired
US8073204B2 Hybrid multi-sensor biometric identification device Physics 29 Active
US5905387A Analog voltage-signal selector device Physics 24 Expired
US6496021B2 Method for making a capacitive distance sensor Physics 22 Expired
US5952946A Digital-to-analog charge converter employing floating gate MOS transisitors Electricity 20 Expired
US6014044A Voltage comparator with floating gate MOS transistor Electricity 20 Expired

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